Fan Casting Psychic Children in Sort by Tropes

Where children are often adept in magic, kids often have telepathy, psychokinesis, and can see the paranormal. Psychic powers tend to be Emotional, Psychoactive, and prone to Power Incontinence, making children, who haven't yet learned to control their emotions and thus tend to experience them more powerfully, both more attuned to their psychic potential and more vulnerable to losing control, which is rife with dramatic potential. Characters with this ability tend to be Creepy Children even if benign, and their experience mucking about in other people's heads may have made them Wise Beyond Their Years (or their preternatural wisdom may have contributed to the development of their powers).